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Week fl British -Solumbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XV, No.'^ 15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 20th, 1917 5c a copy $2.00 a year The Conscription of Wealth ACCORDING to New York dispatches, tho British Government has decided on drastic steps to meet the enormous cost of the war. It is alleged thnt ten per cent of all private capital will be taken over by tho Stato and that wealth valued at $10,000,000,000 will bo thus realised. This action is equivalent to repudiating one- half of the nation's indebtedness. The bondholders will be repaid by their own money. Some persons nre disposed to call this operation "confiscation," and who shall say that they are wrong? Others describe it as compromising with the creditors at fifty cents on the dollar. This statement would be equally difficult to refute. But call it what you will, the fact remains—if the report be true—that the British Government has come to a realization of the necessity of lightening the national burden. John Bull has hitherto displayed moro courage than the other warring nations. He seems still determined to head the procession. Perhaps in the fulness of time he will see the wisdom and the necessity of relying less upon confiscation, or repudiation or whatever term may be chosen to describe the process of scaling clown the national debt. At long last he will muster courage to pay his bills from lho fund that rightly belongs to him, i.e., the national rent-roll. The value, actual and potential of the lands of the United Kingdom would alone suffice to discharge the national obligations. And the taxation of rent would have the additional advantages of: Placing land within the reach of the landless by penalizing monopoly; increasing production by removing fines on energy;-increasing wages by stimulating industry and the demand for workers; and encouraging trade by the abolition of customs duties. But in the meantime it is satisfactory to notice that the profiteers are not to escape with their ill-gotten gains. Better repudiation than enslavement. The sooner the nation realizes that single-tax is the only alternative to repudiation, the better for all concerned. An Irresponsible Press WHEN the true history of the present world catastrophe comes to be written it will be found that one of the first causes that led up to it, and probably the chief reasons for its continuance was what we may well call "nn irresponsible press." To the eternal shame of Canada it will have to be acknowledged that her hands have not been clean in this respect, and that even in the "Far West" outposts of Empire the opportunity for encouraging a sane judgment and temper was ignored; while the flames of hate and animosity were deliberately fanned, oftentimes at a price of the sacrifice of the truth. To the average reader, what his home newspaper says is gospel. He takes his views from its editorials and is perfectly satisfied that what is said there is "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing bnt the truth." When it tells him that Germany wanted war, prepared for war and deliberately planned for war, he accepts tho statement nt once. When it goes 01 * i -i ate that every German is a hypocrite and unfit to ho trusted, he swal uws it, without any consideration. When ho is told that Germany is inhuman, bloodthirsty and treacherous, that goes down with the rest, and when finally he is informed that the only way to convince Germany of her crimes is to completely crush her, his mind is pretty well made up that he ought to hate the whole race of Germans: and he proceeds at once to do so. The point that is lost sight of by the average reader, and which is deliberately forgotten by nearly all the Press, is that in Germany, as in all other countries (both before the Avar nnd now), thero are two clasess of people—the Wnr element, und the Peace element. Those who wanted war, and those who strove with all their might against it. One is quite willing to grant that it is difficult just now for tho average man or woman to think* dispassionately about the German people. One might almost go so far as to say it is well nigh impossible to think even charitably of them; so fierce and so vindictive have been thc actions of tho Gerninn Wnr Party. But if we arc to retain anything like a correct mental balance and not lose ourselves in a spirit, of wild vituperation and hate, we must acknowledge that tho German Wnr Party does not represent tho German Nation, und that Germany, as a people, did not want this war and does not want, to continue it. If the whole press of the British Empire had taken that stand three years ago (as a fow of them undoubtedly did) and in plnce of siczing every opportunity of engendering all the bad feeling possible between the inhabitants of the belligerent nations, had endeavored at all times to show that wc as a peoplo had no quarrel with tho German People, but only with their War Lords, much of tho awfulness of tho present strife might have heen avoided, and in all probability, peace ere this would have spread her healing wings over the war-torn fields of Europe. What is true of the British press is, of course, equally true of the German from their standpoint. Both have been guilty. Dr. Shadwell, in tho July (1916) issue of The Iflibbert Journal, says: "Newspaper correspondents residing in foreign countries pick ont, the most pignant tit-bits to send to their journals. And generally the references to their own country wliich they select as most appetizing to their readers are abusive. The result is a mutual interchange of offensive and irritating matters which is constantly served up to tho public, and stimulates international ill- will. This practice is mainly responsible for the remarkable fact, '"'which is not- otherwise explained, that wars tond to become more and more peoples' wars, and that the present prodigious struggle is above nil others a people's war. The sense of nationality, heightened hy newspapers at, home, is wounded, and smouldering animosities aro inflamed by a steady interchange of pin pricks inflicted by the selected items which are sent from abroad by 'our own foreign correspondents.' Experienced and well informed readers know how to discount thoso dispatches, but the general public do not. Modern wars are caused loss by 'secret diplomacy' than by newspaper pub licity, and the exceptionally violent feelings excited in the present war are mainly due to the same agency." To any one who has had the opportunity of seeing the inside working of what is known as the Harmsworth Press, a press which has to a large extent dominated British Polities, the idea that any one should accept their statements as truth becomes a ghastly joke. Editorial articles, by absolutely irresponsible writers, on almost any subject under the sun, are written and colored to suit the requirements of the moment. Violent statements made one day are absolutely contradicted the next. Illustrations and "write-ups" by "special correspondents at the front" are furnished by men whose region of travel extends only from the office to the nearest "pub." This has been the kind of thing palmed off on the British public and dished out in the form of "copy" all over the British Empire. In Canada we have illustration of the same thing. Papers whose circulation extends into every hamlet in the Dominion, have for the last, ten years been publishing articles calculated to influence the mind against Germany with cartoons intended to ridicule them at every opportunity. Small wonder that a feeling of national animosity was engendered, ready to spring into a flame of enmity at any sudden provocation. Small wonder that the spirit of hate is ,in the ascendency. Tho greatest power for publicity in the world today, the power of the press, has in a great many instances become absolutely irresponsible and has worked for evil instead of good. And the men who have clone this work—work that has helped to undo all the peaceful endeavors of England's last two peaceful monarchs—are reworded by being elevated to the Peerage, while the men who have learned the lessons they taught have been sent to perish on thc fields of Flanders. Informal Steps Towards Peace PROFESSOR CHAS. W. ELIOT, President Emeritus of Harvard University, has announced himself a strong advocate of immediate informal steps towards peace. Dr. Eliot is not a peuce-at-any-priee man, neither does he belong to tho mako-war-as- long-as-you-can party. He urged America to enter the war on behalf of Democracy long before it actually did, and ho wishes its war activities prosecuted with the utmost energy and efficiency. But thc learned Doctor sees that tho war is being waged for the achievement of certain high and noble ends. He is not anxious for the subjugation of Prussia; he seeks only the elimination of Pnissianism. Just as soon as tho misguided people of Germany shall hnvo effectually learned tho terrible lessons of tho war, just so soon will tho Doctor favor the abandonment of the appeal to war's brutal ancl bloody methods. The doctor is intelligent enough to realize that in all probability the terrible sufferings of three years of indescribable carnage have produced modifications of effective, public opinion in each of the nations involved. It is known thnt striking changes have already been produced in tho economic ancl industrial conditions of tho warring peoples. Old things have passed away and all things have become new. One ancient empire has collapsed and government after government has bitten the dust. The irresistible logic of heart- searching events has changed completely the viewpoint, the methods and the objectives of the warring peoples. It is probable that a corresponding change has been produced in the state of the public mind concerning international relations. Probably public opinion in America and Europe is now ready for tho abandonment of secret diplomacy. It, is possible that the once thorny question of Poland could now be settled amicably, ancl that Alsace-Lorraine might not offer the insurmountable difficulties which some persons imagine. But who under present circumstances can pronounce with certainty upon any of these things? Unless a conference of some kind is called, how shall the changed aspirations of the peoples find expression? So long os wnr is the only arbiter, how con the still small voice of wisdom be heard above the deafening din of the battlefield ? Tf it is necessary for the fight to continue, it will lie a distinct gain for nil parties to know just whnt points remain to bo settled. The learned bond of Harvard University gives il, as his opinion that nn informal conference might show the way to an curly stoppage of lhe wnr. Germany hns good reasons for desiring pence intensely. She- now knows thnt her original war aims nro unattainable, She is now fighting to avoid national humiliation and a disastrous future. A conference might succeed in convincing her thnt nn armed invasion of her national nnd territorial rights is not coiilcinploted by the Entente Allies. It is possible that on assurance respecting our willingness tn abandon economic discrimination would ovoid thc necessity of sacrificing a million more men to the insatiable goddess of war. It is altogether probable that by this time even official Germany has learned something about the necessity for respecting international agreements nnd the rights of smnll peoples. Tf it is shown nt, n conference thnt slit? hns not yet, learned this lesson, the Allies will redouble their present tremendous efforts to tench her the elementary principles of international justice. But in the absence of such a conference the voice of the suffering peoples cannot he heard. The wnr goes on nnd nil. snno mon wonder why. All humane peoplo must keep steadily in mind the awfulness nnd cletestahlcness of present wnr methods. The Allies nre perforce fighting with Prussian methods, Blockade ancl embargo make war primarily upon non-combatants: men. women ond children. The Entente Allies, including the United Stoics, ore compelled to odopt these inhuman measures, They appear to offer thc only sure and quick way to end this war ond discourage future wars. Nevertheless they ore brutal, horrible ond barbarous. There is nn difference in principle between sinking a submarine nt sighl nnd lhe sinking of n freighter; between bombing little children nnd reducing them by starvation; ond between the mutilation of men on the field of battle and torturing them by oilier means. Every humane mnn must long to ho relieved of thc necessity of taking part in a struggle of this kind. Why should not representatives of the peoples gather to ascertain whether or not there is further necessity for the insane arbitrament of war ? The Stockholm Conference should even yet be encouraged by tho warring nations, ancl every facility extended for the long awaited appeal to reason. Union Government WITH the principle of a true union government we are in hearty sympathy, but not with the burlesque of a union government which has just been established at Ottawa. The ideal of parliamentary institutions is a House thoroughly representative of all sections of the electorate ancl a cabinet thoroughly representative of all sections of the House. Proportional Representation is good under any and every circumstance. But what shall be said of the so-called union cabinet which has just been set-up at 'Ottawa? It represents nobody but itself. It has received no mandate from the sovereign people. At its head it has a discredited politician whose term of office expired twelve months ago. During his regime Canada has been disgraced by the most despicable and sordid graft and malpractices which have ever disfigured the annals of the British race. The Minister of Finance in the new ministry is the same as in the old and nothing more damaging than that fact could be alleged against it. White was the nominee of the Toronto magnates wdio have bled the country at every turn. His retention of office is an affront to the people of the Dominion. The only possible way to secure a further term for such a ministry is to manipulate the ballot. This has already been done. Borden may return to office but he certainly will not do so by the will of tho people. His union ministry, so-called, does not contain the greatest living Canadian— Sir Wilfrid Laurier—neither docs it represent the voice of the people of Quebec. It contains no elected representative of organized lnbor. Its policy has already been determined by the handful of grafters who dominated the-late Conservative ministry. The, union cabinet must do ns it is told. Report, hns it thnt Sir Joseph Flavelle is fully satisfied with the new ministry. Doubtless! And every democrat will be equally dissatisfied. What is wanted is a win-the-war government consisting of the best brains of the Dominion. In such a government, Sir Wilfrid Laurier must find a place. He has frequently expressed his willingness to join such a ministry. How is it thnt his offer hns not been accepted? The answer will come as a surprise to most Canadians. Tt is simply that he would not agree to a eut-nnd-dricd programme lnid own by Toronto profiteers. That is the answer. Sir Wilfrid is left out not because he lacks ability or willingness but because he claims that a coalition cabinet must remain quite unfettered in its attempts to ploce effective help within roach of the boys in tho trenches. Sir Wilfrid objects to entering o cabinet whose decisions were made before his help was solicited. He wants to overhaul the system on which Canada is prosecuting the war. He seeks the elimination of graft, of patronage and petty politics. He wishes a united Canada to place its cntiro resources at the disposal of the Mother Country. He wishes to retain the effective co-operation of Quebec and the ranks of organized labor. Ho sees clanger in a policy of coercion. The nation is at war and cannot afford to enter upon a path of disruption, dismemberment, and decay. Sir Wilfrid has pointed these things out to the government and the nation. Ancl disregard of his warnings can oilly result in paralysed efforts and jinny war strokes. The Military Service Act is liable to fail of success because it lacks the genernl support. Sir Wilfrid is pledged to submit that Act to a referendum of the people. Thnt is the right course. Thnt and that alone will satisfy n majority of tho electors. Already steps hove been taken to ensure n contest, in this city at the next federal election. The union candidate, whoever thnt may be, will find himself opposed by a supporter of Sir Wilfrid. It may as well Ik1 known now ns Inter thnt under no circumstances will a Borden-oum-White-cum-FlaveTle candidate be allowed nn unopposed return iu the City of Victoria. Be Bloodthirsty A WRITER in the Saturday Evening Post, ni Philadelphia, Pa., gives lhe following vivid account of a British drill-sergeant's locture.to n squad nf row recruits: "Th' bayonet is not a pocket- knife or ll tool, ll is nnt made tn chop firewood or tn lonst bread. Il is the mosl effective weapon of wnr; nnd it is meant to kill Germans with. The only way tn win a battle is by 'nrd fightin'. Yer never get nnythin' for nothin'—in wnr or anywhere else; so don't be afraid of losses. When yer go to the Front yer want tn do it with the iden nf seekin' 'nrd fights—under favorable conditions, if possible; but, favorable or unfavorable, mnke 'cm rough! Get close to yer enemy. Look for 'im; get 'im into n corner nf the ring, so lo spenk; and then mix it up. Rough 'im! Give 'im 'ell! Yer must 'ave this iden firmly fixed in yer head when ye're nbout lo tnke part in yer first attack, Yer will be in llie trenches, wnitin', nnd nnt knowin' exactly when the zero hour is tn be. Yer may wait like that fnr several days, with n most particular 'ell of n bombnrdiiient going nn nil nbout yer; some nf it coniin' nt, yer, hut most of it movin' toward tho Bodies, prcpnrin' the way for yer by bustin' up his wire nnd dcslroyin' bis trenches. And then, while thc bombardment is still goin' on ns 'nrd ns ever, word entnes thnt ye're tn go over the tnp nt such nnd such n minute, As lhe hour approaches the officers keep lookin' at their wrist watches, ond tho lime don't seem to go.very fast. Bo a mini! Dnii'l begin tliinliin' of 'ome; but think whnt tho Germans nre tryin' to do tn the worl'l Think nf what they'll do to yer if they get, yer down. Think nf their baby killin' nnd their Belgian slaves nnd their Armenian massacres, nnd their huriiin' nnd pilagin'; nnd bo damn thankful thnl yer hnve got a cliimco to do something townrd stoppin' nil thnl kind nf thuggery fnr good nn' nil. Don't stnnd with yer knees Page Two THE WEEK Saturday, October 20 shakin' aud yer eyes quiverin'; but grind your teeth and think of the way they're makin' people suffer everywhere with their Eultur nnd their 'Me und Gott!' And so, about a minute before the time to go, yer wants to say to yerself: 'The time has come for me to dp my hit. It's goin' te be a rough party; but I'm goin' to mnke it a damn sight rougher for the Boche than for me!' So, with yer teeth grittin', yer eyes poppin' out, yer 'air stnndin' on end, and yer bayonet fixed, ye're ready to go over the top when the time comes and the order is given. And when she comes don't wait a secon' for yer chums on'the right or left, but clamber over the top, and all go at once, like a British lion after 'is grub." By this time the recruits are enthralled by the words of the veteran sergeant, who has gradually worked himself up into n stnte of rage and feels himself actually starting across No Man's Land. His teeth are gritting; his hair is on end. He pauses; and the silence is heavy. "Drills, theories, textbooks, manoeuvres are all right in their way; but tho bayonet is the thing that wins the battles. And the soldier who does the winnin' is generally a sweaty one, with 'is sleeves rolled up, mud on 'is face and blood in 'is eye. Th' order comes. Over yer go! Ye're absolutely goin' mad. Yer have yer objective and make straight for it, searchin' the ground on the way. Yer may be got by a sniper aud the 'Un's shrapnel will be singin' all round yer, but don't wait for anybody else to start puttin' 'Uns out of their misery. Yer may come across a 'ungry 'Un, about seven-foot-six high, waitin' for yer in a shell 'ole or round a machine gun. Fly strife for 'im! Don't tickle 'im with yer bayonet, but shove it into 'im—point, barrel, left 'and, right 'and, and even butt—right through 'is guts! Now ye've got it in ye've got to pull it out. So put a little more than 'uman force be'ind it—out it comes! And when that's done don't tarry and think of writin' a letter 'ome about it. Yer ain't done yet. That's only yer first 'Un; and yer goes for another, always lookin, round and havin' in mind yer objective, accordin' to orders. If yer sees a 'Un 'idin', pounce on 'im like a bally tiger and carry out the same ole programme. There's a 'ell of a.lot of noise goin' on; but don't stop, for if yer stops ye'll get no mercy; and the mercy yer wants to give the 'Un is yer little bit of steel, as far into 'im as yer can stick it. If yer can't use a bayonet yer might just as well fall down a drainpipe and get off the earth. And if the 'Un gets yer, yer won't be buried with music, and all that. Oh, no! First, he'll pick yer pockets, tike away any little thing yer 'ave worth tikin'; and then yer body goes to the ovens, where they'll ■cook yer, and use yer fat to make nitro-glycerin and oleomargarine out of! It's bally awful; but that's what 'appens. So yer wants to show the fightin' spirit; and there's no fightin' spirit in a snail. Keep yer 'air on end, and always 'ave yer teeth grindin', and stay mad! And when yer sees tho 'Uns runnin', as yer often will, chase 'em madder than when yer first started 1" This we publish without comment. The same writer also gives the following from tbe orders issued to platoon commanders: "You can gain the confidence of the men by being blood thirsty and ever thinking how to kill the enemy and helping your men to do so." 4 1 The Truth About Christian Science I i IN view of certain recent attempts there appears to be material substance to bring; discredit upon Christian all about us, and that we ourselves Science by a misrepresentation of seem to be part of it, does not prove its teachings, some passing comments anything more than that human from the standpoint of a Christian thought hns yet but a feeble appre- Scientist mny be of interest to your hension of spiritual reality. This lack renders. Ever since the publication of of understanding does not imply that its textbook, "Science and Health Ihe supremacy of Spirit and spiritual with Key to the Scriptures," by Mrs. law is not true, but simply that mor- Eddy in 1875, Christian Science has tnls in tlieir ignorance and sensualism been out in lhe open, and has met with do not use that truth in their own be- every form of attack from mere ridi- half. If it is not true that the flesh, cule to direct malice. It is not the or matter, is to be overcome or put least argument in its favor that with aside for the spiritual fact about man, all this it has gone serenely on with then whnt is? Is it true that mankind its good work, until it includes in its must continue forever bound to those activities practically every part of sensuous conditons which cause and the globe. include all human misery? It must be conceded that there is If Christianity is true there must only the truth about anvthing. A lie be a point in human experience when about a thing must, iu the last anal- »'e arc to begin putting off the "old ysis, be a mere negation. The errors man." Jesus' demonstration of about Christian Science, that have been Christianity lifted him above the ma- so dilligently circulated by its oppon- terinl sense entirely; then in obedi- ents, can naturally hnve no more ef- ™ee to his teaching and example, feet upon the truth about it, than did Christians should also be rising above lhe prevailing theories that the earth materiality. If not, in what other was flat towards changing its form, direction should they go? Christian The prime essential, therefore, about Science teaches that as nne under- Christian Science is not to quarrel stands more of God he naturally gravK about it, or to make meaningless tales towards spirituality and away Charges, but lo discover the truth; and f™" sensualism and sin. If this does ninny of its former opponents who not express the teaching of Christ, adopted this altitude, were glad to then what does? What other alterna- adopt Christian Science along wilh it. live is there hut to accept the hope- „, . ,. ,, . , „, ,i„„„„.,„i less despair of materialism? Christian Science has not departed ' from the teachings of Jesus or of his Christian Science tenches the omni- aposlh'S, but il has followed the pre- putenec of Clod, without nny modilicn- misc nl* the all-power of God to ils linn whatever; and in what possible logical (•(inclusion, and has demon- way enn this leaching be condemned strand how Ibis makes Christianity as unchristian or unseripturnl? The practical for mortals. Popular sys- admission Ihat evil is n self-existent Icins of theology, on the other hand, power nnd intelligence certainly does have conformed tlieir doctrines to hu- not benefit mankind, If bold out no man opinions, or largely so, and have promise of freedom, no hint of eter- adiuitlcil Ihe claims of materialism to mil peace. The acceptance of evil as their promises, and it is this material- a real power must, necessarily per- ism in Christianity, if I mny use Hint pel unto its conditons, while the rejec- combinntion, Ihal lias in large incas- tion of evil opens the way for its ure nullified lhe usefulness of the overcoming, opens thc way by whieh Church, and which now antagonizes men may become conscious of the Christian Science. IT Christian Science kingdom of God within. Which of is to be condemned; it might be per- these is the better way? What pos- tinent to ask why other Christian re- sible heller help could mortals have ligions puss iineensiircd, since their in Iheir struggle against tlieir sense of declaration ot faith includes the same evil, thnn lhe knowledge and assurance I'lindaincnlal truths upon whicli Chris- that it is n delusion of wrong educn- tian Science, or lhe Science of Chris- tion, the result of human ignorance of tianity, is based? good, which will cense its clnims as Christian Science does not ignore God is understood and obeyed? matter as a phenomenon nl' lhe hu- On whnt other leaching llian lhe man mind, and therefore ns a factor Divine Infinitude, that is the nllness in presenl human experience, bul il ut God, it may be asked, does the does not regard it as something spirit- Christian Church base ils beliefs? If unllv created or as having any divine a Christian refuses to neeept lhe logi- Control over mnn. Christian Science cal and inevitable conclusion of this denls with matter as a condition of truth, anil lo regard evil as the lie thought to ho oulgrown or superseded wliich Jesus said it wns, the fault is through a better understanding of lhe not wilh the teaching but with his lack truth of spiritual being. Thc faol thnl nf faith in good. The question is nol ■whether this teaching shall be accepted or denied, but whether it is true. The apparent presence among us of the opposite of good does not decide the question, but only proves that mortals now entertain tho belief that something exists independent of God. If it is admitted that the sense of evil disappears as goodness is given its rightful place in human thought and life, then the case is surely established for Christian Science; but if this is not admitted, what becomes of all the efforts of Christendom to evangelize mankind? If we may not teach in our churches and to our children the omnipotence and omnipresence of God, with its correlative of the unreality of anght else, what shall we teach in place thereof? Those who condemn Christian Science for abiding by this truth in its full significance should say what can be taught and practised that offers more help to humanity in working out its salvation. Human opinions may differ from the deductions of Christian Science, although claiming to agree with the premise thereof, but that obviously is not sufficient reason for declaring Christian Science false. Did mere opinion or belief formulate or establish the premise of God's infinitude? Does any human theory or philosophy precede Truth, control its action, or decide its prerogatives? Does any human opinion, though endorsed by ages of material reasoning, though nourished by the abundant stores of human knowledge, and coming forth clothed with the authority of the pro- foundest learning of the schools, have the least weight in the balances of ac- .tual Truth? When what are only human opinions arc put forward to support the claim that evil is a reality, why should Christian Science be assailed because, in maintaining its attitude without compromise, it comes into conflict with them? With all due respect to the scholars and theologians who argue for reality in evil nnd matter, is there any logical reason why Christian Science is not right in taking the position, that because God is good and is infinite in power and intelligence, evil has therefore none of these qualities? or because God is infinite Spirit, or Hind, therefore matter is not a divine reality? Why, if these things are true, should not one render unto God nil thnt belongs to Him? Objection to Christian Science is commonly mnde regarding the application of its teachings to the betterment of human conditions, notwithstanding that the whole question rests with the truth of these teachings, for if lhis bo admitted, their application should be the most nnturnl thing possible. It is obvious thnt tlie value of one's religion lies in the use he makes of it. Christian Science, as has been pointed out, tenches practically the same truths about God that other Christian denominations do; their ways diverge at the point of making these truths humanly practical. Therefore the condemnation of Christian Science by other denominations simply means that- Christian Science is putting up the best fight to be true to its avowed position. Perhaps the greatest opposition along this line relates to the healing of disease. Christian Science teaches that Christians should accept the Christ as tlieir Physician as well as tlieir Redeemer, while other churches do not. The criticism on this point harks back to the vexed problem of matter. People find it hard to believe that the human material body can be helped by mental or spiritual means, not understanding that as matter is but a phenomenon of the human mind and not a thing or substance by itself, therefore the human mind and human body are essentially one, and that one is lhe human mind, in other words what lhe apostle termed the carnal mind. "To be spiritually minded," snid the aposlle, "is life and peace," while "to be carnally minded is death." Here we have the source or cause of heallli and disease set forth, and it agrees entirely with Christian Science. The human body will be redeemed from disease as the carnal mind is put aside for the "Mind that was in Christ Jesus," and this is strictly in accord with the Master's teaching. The sense of matter, with its formidable list of so-called laws, is nol something that has arisen since Jesus' time. It antedated the Christian era, and therefore holds no different rein- lion to Christians today thnn it did to the Pounder of Christianity or to the primitive Christians. It was this same sense or belief of matter thnt held the claim of mortality over Jesus, and which he overcame through his knowledge of spiritual lnw. the law of Life, It is the same sense of matter today that holds mortals bound lo disease, suffering and death. But matter plainly does not and ennnot hold lho remedy for these conditions, it must come through Christ nnd the attainment of spirilnnl-inindedness. Tn dispute the right and power of Christianity lo heal disease as well ns sin is to impugn lhe wisdom of Jesus in laying this duty upon his followers. If it is not true that God heals the sick as willingly ns he redeems the sinner, with what shall we replace this feature of original Christianity? If Christian* healing has no divine sanction behind it, is it better to say to men that they may pray to God year in and year out with no ground for hope or help? That Christians cannot at once. do the works that Jesus did is surely no argument against making a beginning in that direction. The only justification for assailing a cause is that of wrong-doing; but even many of its opponents admit that good results flow from the practice of Christian Science. Many medical men admit that it has healed in many cases where they have failed. Some of our foremost clergymen, possessed of broad minds, admit the moral reformation it is accomplishing, and the peace nnd harmony it has brought to many lives; while all classes of observers, where they are honest enough to admit it, have noted its beneficent influence upon the lives of its adherents. These must bo the things that are to decide its truth and worth, not the pronouncement of adverse opinions or the dogmatic utterances of those who can see no truth outside their own particular doctrines. Differing opinions may be entertained concerning a tree, but when the fruit turns tint to be good -the decision is beyond dispute. All honest opinions yield naturally to proof, but opinions adhered to in the face of ascertainable facts are essentially dishonest, aud inconsistent with moral uprightness. The only purpose of Christian Science is to bless mankind, and no lover of his kind can quarrel with that. After all is said, the fact remains that there is nothing in the teaching of Christian Science that ought not to be true, or that is inimical to the well-being of humanity, or that could bring dishonor upon Christianity. There is no part of its exalted morality, its sublime optimism, or its practical reliance upon God, that should sound out of plnce from the pulpit of any church that is consecrated to the redemption of mankind from evil. SAMUEL GREENWOOD. WAR MENU SLEEPLESSNESS Menu for Sunday Breakfast Cornflakes Grapefruit Marmalade Toast Tea or Coffee Milk Sugar Dinner Cold Roast Beef Duchess Potatoes Vegetable Marrow - Cornstarch Mould with Hot Chocolate Sauce Cookies Tea Celery and Beet Salad Brown Bread and Butter Peach Preserve Cake Cocoa Milk Sugar (Sunday's menu is planned so as to make the labor of cooking meals on Sunday as light as possible, thus giving the house mother and her helpers their fair share of rest.) Cornstarch Mould: Cornstarch, 4 tablespoons; sugar, 6 tablespoons; milk, 21/2 cups; vanilla, % teaspoon. Scald milk; mix cornstarch, sugar and salt (% teaspoon) with a little cold water, and add to scalded milk. Cook over hot water 20 minutes, stirring part of the time. Add vanilla, and' pour into a cold, wet bowl or tin. When cold, turn out and serve. Brown Breod (Boston): Rye meal, 1 cup; granulated cornmeal, 1 cup; graham flour, 1 cup; soda, % tablespoon; salt, 1 teaspoon; molasses, % cup; 2 cups sour milk, or 1% cups sweet milk or water. Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses and milk, stir until well mixed, turn into a well- buttered mould, which should never be more than two-thirds full, put on cover and steam three and one-half hours. The best anodyne is a liberal amojmt of muscular activity out of doors every day. Persons who sit around the flre and lounge on the sofa or rend or sew a great part of the day, need not expect sound sleep; only the laboring man can taste it in all its sweetness. Many fail to sleep at night because they will persist in sleeping in the daytime. It is just as impossible to healthfully force more sleep on the system than the proportion of exercise requires, as to force the stomach to digest more food than the body requires. Rather than court sleep by industrious activities, many persons resort to medicine, and every new drug which is heralded as a promoter of sleep becomes at once immensely popular, even though it is known to possess dangerous qualities. Rheumatism A Heme Cure Given by One Whe had It Id ihe spring of 1898 I was attacked by Muscular and Inflammatory Rheumatism. I Buffered as only those who have It know, for over three yean. I tried remedy after remedy-) and doctor after doctor, but such relief as I received was only temporary. Finally, I found a remedy that cured me completely, and It bas never returned. I bave given It to a number who were terribly afflicted and even bedridden with Rheumatism, and It effected a cure in every case. 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Their wants are provided for, and they receive a steady addition to the bank account each month. luatiby Th* Military Service Council. 142 Saturday, October 20 T-HE WEEK Page Three m m m LETTERS TO THE EDITOR m m At The Street Corner BY THE LOUNGER jSju. -^u. -mu. -uu- ■sau. ^iu. .un In the light of these scriptures, and using Dr. Oliver's theology, it must of necessity have been God and His Son, Jesus Christ, *\vho created the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ awful torture chambers in which Dr. Ijjjlg ' fcjjj Oliver described the majority of the KHHRHHHR^ \Z^tS£ au'Te'rnirAnd The Week Invites letters froml its readers this horrible theology, would lead us on all subjects of publlo Interest Let- , ... .•.,*, „, , , - , ters need not be signed by the writer to believe that the God who so loved but a nom de plume may be used for sjnfni man tlmt Ho <™vn His nnlv publication, and they must be accom- smIlu man tliat m Save tm omy panied ln every case by the name and Son's life that man might be redeein- address of the writer as a guarantee of „,»„,., , ,, , ... , good faith. This will be treated by ed from death brought about through *^e Editor entirely In oonndenofc The tlie sin of disobedience and the temp- Editor also reserves tbe right to with- ... „ ,, ■ , , , .,. hold publication of any letter without rations of the adversary, created this having to give a reason for so doing. awM torture chamber for children DR. OLIVER AND HELL yet unborn, and then expect us to be- _ . „,., come saints that we might live for- lo the uaitor. - 6yerj and m^ &e wondei,ful sight It is useless to use space enlarging of oul, fatherSi brothers, or friends Somebody (I forgot whether it was sleepy-headed people down in the val- up0n Dr. Oliver's description of hell, shrieking in tortures through all etcr- Shakespeare or Harry Price) once leys, for it was barely six a.m. Only as everyolle who did not attend his nity. said that the proper study of man- the sun besides ourselves was up, and m .. . , -t ■ ,. nr.9S But I sny such theology tbat could lay kind is man. I don't know. Nobody as he topped the dove-grey eastern meeting has wad it in the press. But sueh a chal.ge again8fthe Goa of ^ as far as I nm aware, ever said it clouds he sent a ruddy glow into our »J " important tor everyone to know an(J such bl h against the Holy was an improper study. But proper faces and lit up the crags and fast- that his lurid description of hell and Spil.it| is of th(j deyU &r ame buj. or improper, I've been studying him nesses of the hills, and cleared the '»s doctrine of eternal torments is not a magtel> mind eould c'onceive it off and on now for a heck of a long mists from the hollows, and made to be found in scripture. And gucn (]0Qtl.;ne doea mol.e to time. With some men (and women) bright and joyous the rolling land- It is, of course, quite easy to take wrecfc the wm,k o£ redemption than I don't seem to get no forrarder. Take scape for another glorious day. Be- aJev! v"fses of Scripture and weave a|]y other th ^ that; gatan evet myself, for instance. To most people fore and around us stretched a far- around them almost any old doctrine, put into t]]e ^^ of men An(J when I am no doubt a perfectly transparent flung panorama which only a man tr»e or false. If it were not so we preac*lel.s read their bible they should idiot. I can quite understand that, with the cold heart of an editor could woul_d not have so many creeds and pay clos(J att(mt*on to the following To myself I am a great and unsolva- resist. It was as if we looked ont religious abominations. But it is the 8tatement of the Apostle Paul: "Marble mystery. Compared with me the upon tbe Promised Land. The Mala- preacher who can make scripture agree Nyel not at t|)ig &r gatan,s' g editor of this wonderful sheet is a hat was our Pisgah, even if none of with scripture who is somewhere near (messengel,s) ai.e miniaters of light" simple affair. Yon can label him in us resembled Moses or Dr. E. French the truth. Only such can rightly ap- ,tnat is° pl,0jEcgged preachers of the a moment. But if you think you are Oliver in the least. • preciate the staument of the Apostle g^p^'ana rea<Hng they should re done with him then you make a great While we stood thus I could not P/oh "AU scripture is good for member that the adversary is a subtle mistake. You will never be done with heip pitying the unfortunate people doctrine, reproof and correction. Let flnd emmi creatui,e and can onl him. I cannot help likening him to who were gtiu fast asieep i„ bed, «s then analyse and compare with bri about the downfal, of man * " b^^wio^^ _ nt-h Ana f ha Ta\tT \ravaac irt mh l *iti tho -.. *. , - • • , one of those diabolically conscienti- (,v"here'l might have been but for a others the few verses in which the through the cunning of inducing him ous alarm clocks whieh you can abso- bit of luck). There they wer6i the eternal torture doctrine is supposed to do6what -£ "^^"^ lutely rely upon to do their fell duty thickheads, missing all this beauty, b« *"»*• H«» we have-reading did Eye fa t&\egiaai at any hour by day or night. No in- letting the golden hourg glip, Pregcnt. literally and accepting Dr. Oliver's in- & conc]usion j ^oul/like to draw vention of man has received more ,y they would get up and go to church erpretat.oii-hell cast into hell and ^ Dr , , . curses on its faithful head than the and hear about the bl.eyity ot hnman he 1 itself being eternally burned If „ ^^ men alarm clock, and all for doing pre- m T agked myself too. wm Cana. onlythe preacher had commenced one M ^ * . cisely what it was designed for I diang liying im six monthg in the year verse earlier he would have found the hig ^ have never cursed the editor although „„ fte frozen prairies never waken following: "And the devil that de- ^oraI so on,a„d told a I may at times have regretted tha to the realiliation of tbis iovely wilder- cei™<J fern was cast into the lake of o£ fiction a'bout he ever was invented. How much nm of VanCouver Island waiting to «.? and bnmstone where the beast &n J fa M.der onger shall we have to put up with weleome them to itg fertile yal. and the false p.*ophet are.' Now, ft ^ an'd Wg ^ £ ags these necessary evils? Oh, yes, he is leyg and n)gged hil|g all 3et in , blue. le us look into this wonderful lake He b ^ consistent. Did you ever meet a silyer ^ and makc thcm imnk with which according to Dr. Oliver is hell h ^ conferred upon his critics disagreeable man who was not? He •, v|,.„;,,ni hpnntvf Whv is this itself, lhe devil (repiited to be hell s . , . ,.,-.,., ,, , , j „ „, ;„„ „„ „ lts vllg'nai neautyv ivny is tnis , : t, . i when he classed them with the ass: would have everybody working on a f|.iendly ,andj fayol.ed in the mattei. keeper), the false prophet, the beast, an asg . ' strict inelastic time table like him- ofolimate above all others, not dotted and death, aU burning eternally-the self. He would actunlly have me „,, oyel. with homeg. Why (]o peo. devil with the rest Surely this jum- ; be living healthier nnd more independ- planahon is found in the last verse ||t "/^ ^'"^ ent lives on the land? Why wasn't I »™ naai' Thls ls the second [hfl{ Qm] ^ „ out there myself nil the time, growing 'tenth. Tho word hell in this chap- »; — -.-:._„• i ;„«„,.*,„„„„„ ter is taken from the Greek word '_„, ",, ,°f " money-milking strawberries or hogs on n live-nere farm, right close to N»- , instead of being mewed S™'0' ln the hS'ht of tU,s let us now Hades" which moans the tomb or patrol the streets so that he would , , . , .,• , 7, ' ,, i,i„ „„„,!,. „„,„„ „„„,„ f . • . , . ., pie crowd into cities when thev could Dle ,iee<ls some expln know at any given moment during the ' ; uu, ,j,„„k„„ i8 fn„„i ; day exactly upon what crack in the sidewalk he could meet me if he i-liose! Suppose he wanted me to lnncli with him (you can suppose that as long ns you like) all he would hnve to do would be to look nt the clock and sny: "H'm, just gone twelve. Let me see. Ves. In two and a hnlf minutes that blame fool of a Lounger should he lifting his hind leg* from the edge of the kerb ou lhe southwest corner of Brond Street going into Fort. I'll catch him there." Such is the editor's solicitude that I sometimes think lie likes mc. Six days of me is apparently not enough. "'• ..,,.,. . „ . u 11 , ',, o to sny that I richlv deserved to. He would be with mo even on Sun- ' •' days. Now I can stnnd a lot through thc week, but I draw thc line at Sunday. It is an entirely snored nnd inviolable day for me. I will brook no interference from anybody as to how I shnll spend it, whether I shnll 'o^cd gun -:i -a n.„ n,r„i„^ proceed to Sergeant-at-Arms and it the mace. nnntion. This ex- roaring lion, and perhaps it is ap- dnys of Balaam) again put words in ^^^^^^^^ ass, that he might peak and rebuke a mad prophet. FRANK CARLOW. lure's heart, iusluuu ul ucmg ,..^...... - - ..,..,,, up ill the city? Why?-bnt I hnd not ™& ""> P»ss«se again: And death come out to'the Malahat nt dawn on and the grave were cast into the lake Sunday morning to indulge in eeo- f «"■" -^ harmonises w,tb1 tbe nnmic soliloquies. I was with the Rowing statement concerning Jesus bunch. I was a hunter. I must gel "0 *»By whei^is thy sting 0 down to the real business of the day. *''<™C i errll y?thg when m thaw And I did. I wns startled out of my grave wherei is thy victory? cogitations by a shot, It would be with tins: "I am He tha was dead more correct to snyHint I nearly lost and am alive, and bavejhe keys^of my life. It would he still more correct THE AMATEUR OFFICER (Or, Thoughts on Trek) I may ns well own up that I am no hunter at all with a rake tha slny nil the gnme; would be n strict vegetarian. When a death and of hell." Were not the doors of the grave opened by His resurrection ? We see also in the chapter quoted Vlie men are mnrehing like the best; The wagons wind across the lea; And At ten to two we hnve a rest, We have a rest at ten to three; I ride nlicnd upon my gee And try to look serene nud gny; The whole battalion follows me, And I believe I've lost the way. ill. I am more at home , "" ^ """''' ™" """'"7 ''"T'i inn n gun. tf I hnd to by Dr* °'lm'* u'»t it wns nt the end of J*un many n high-class thoroughfare ame and ment I nte I cl'l'ist's reign on the earth of one My erring map does not disclose, :.t 1„..:„„ tvi,„„ „ thousand years, thnt the casting into While ronds thnt nre not really there ueuu ", »..^..~. - 's l™t i"'0 ™y bands I hit thc pine-needle trail of the Main- proceed to carry it as if I were the hat or the sawdust trail of Dr. E. Seiwennt-at-Arms and it the French Oliver, whether I shall spend it on my knees among the cutworms in the garden or on my knees in the confessional of some stuffy church, whether I shnll rant with pious men nt the street corner or stny at When a deer fnces me, my withers nrp unwning. I blaze at it, of course. It is the only thing to do. But I know I shnll not hit it, and the deer knows, too. When I am not carrying the gun the lake of lire took place. And when we compare this with the following: T Cor. 15.25: "For he must reign until lie has put all enemies under his feet, nnd the last enemy which shall be destroyed is death." We see that the destroying of death, tlle last enemy (the only obstacle to eternal lifi) takes place at the same time that the There ought to be a turning here, The same elaborately shows; And whether lliis is one of those It needs a clever man to say; I am not clever, I suppose, And 1 believe I've lost the way. The soldiers sing about tlieir beer; The wretched road goes on and on; j, ' i'iean on it, the better to enjoy the taKes piuce ., a» ...«..- aomv T i„„„„,i „„ ;t tn,Uv with chapter snys it wns enst into the hike I leaned on it todny, with nud smoke n pipe, whether I shall sit scenery, by the fire nnd think or simply sit. mY *»»* Paying with the trigger, 1 Sunday is pre-eminently a holy day suppose, when it went oft'. They pick- Yet some people have the «d me up in a more or less comatose gall to expect condition, and restored me with some for me. nerve, the cheel* very tine near-beer. Thank henven, there were better others to perform base hnck work on thnt holy day. Fancy being com-^ innnded to appear at the street corner shots in the party than I. There w after morning service op ' '-'- ■"•- -' But if there wns the thing is gone; Like sonic depressed niitomiilon I nsk at ench esluniinet; Thev snv, "Tout droit," and I sny '"Bon," But I believe I've lost the way. just of lire and brimstone. Now let us note the logic of Ihe method employed to destroy death, First we see the devil (who was the author of death in the beginning) cast into the lake, iu company with the ore beast (anti-Christ doctrines which he j dare nonc]] n,o trustful men; Deer were plcn- lms fostei'«l) and the fnlse prophet Thoy |hink mo wom*01.f„l nnd ffjse; (fnlse teachers that taught them) But wllere wj|* „c the legend when They get a shuck of such n size? And whnt nbout our brave Allies? They wanted us to light today; AVe were to be n big surprise— And 1 believe I've lost the wny. the nt lenst none worse, ———t^-— off-chance of something turning up I tiful, but elusive. From the reports (|)en ()cath ;tse,f and nU ^ wi(,k(,{, For the first time since I hnd the nt lhe end of the day the fellows must of (h(j ^^ v,]M ||c |iad alientttea misfortune to mnke his acquaintance, have seen about forty-live. Uowevei f|,om 0od_ j ]mye (,u)S ((n, t|1,.0|1 T turned on the editor with a look Ihey managed somehow to induce one |||(, yMgM litorally to show tlmt j, which hns successfully shrivelled np innocent thing to stand still and De wM mrMy impossible for hell to manv an even tougher man. I got shot. burn up hell and then exist; after il this'look ns n boy from a knightly The feast nt the foot of the moun- 1|m] hmm] np j(s ^^^ (hc doyil hero in n lovely' dime novel who, tain afterwards was something to he But th eU |s m)| |i|ci,al a, merely bv looking steadily and scorn- remembered, but it wns rather spoiled fully'at his victims, reduced them in by the fact that mos of the fellows n few moments to n stnle of the most hnd lo hurry back lo hear Dr. E. abject nnd impotent despair. The French Oliver. effect of ray look on the editor wns to mnke him blow his nose with very great violence, cough nervously three or four times, look nt his dollar watch, stuff about thirty copies of The ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Week into his chest, nnd go out with- We hnve no sympathy with the slug out a word. I therefore folded my gard who imagines himself half-frozen bols) things which will come to pass. arms ncross my breast like the fellow to death ns soon ns the cold weather Willi this knowledge it is ensy to sec in the dime novel nnd stalked full- sets in. Stir yourself, and keep Ihat lhe lake of (ire and brimstono ehestcdly down the slreet in the wake your blood moving. Exercise is an (the most destructive agency known of the retreating editor .... and I excellent fire. There is something nt that time) was used as a symbol felt ready for anything. unmanly in the spirit which shrinks to show how full nnd complete would Thus it came nbout that I spent fr0m the wnrfnre by which we obtain be the destruction in "the Second Sunday n-chnsing the deer. I don't the mastery over the elements. En- Death," in wliich death, the devil, and ver. see by reading the first verse ,"f the first chapter of the book: "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to show unto His servants, things whicli must shortly come to pass, and He sent and sign- i-lied it by his Angel unto his servant, John. Here we have a statement thnt the things written ill llii; book nre to show by signs (or Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which arc the hardest of all for him to hear; but they arc so because they arc the very ones he needs. 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I was alone but for seven benefit a rogue can confer upon us, first chapter of Hebrews, Paul tells others and a dog. The deer were not but it is also the only service Hint he i,s that Ood sent His son by whom vet up, nor'were the grouse, nor the will perform for nothing. He created the worlds (all planets). ilUtredJ If the lots desired arc. not listed, efforts will bo made to secure lho owner's permission to nun mime. SECRETARY, increased Production Committee, City Hull. INCREASED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE OWNERK <^ Vil who are willing t( vfitlon during tno nd to notify tlie ■iint land In the city lend name for rultl- onr 11>1 R are request- TAKE NOTICE that I'nptmm Bros,, Limited, Intends, at the oxplration (if one month from the lirst publication of this notice, to apply to the Registrar of joint siock Companies to approve Its change of name from Popham Rros., Limited, to "Ormond's, Limited." Dated at Victoria, B.C., this Sth day of September. 1917, CEO. A. MORPMY, Solicitor for Popham Bros., Limited. Sept. 8-Nov. IS. SECRETARY, Increased Production Committee. City Hall. Thc poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it. SYMOPJUS Or COAL MINING NHOO- LATXOVI Coal mining rights of the Dominion In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, tho Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portion of ths Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a torm of twenty-one yean renewablo for a further term of twenty- one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,660 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of tho District In which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and ln uniurveyed territory the tract applied for shall bs staked out by tha applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of |6, which will be refunded lf the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The porson operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returni accounting for tho full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay tho royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights nro not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will Include the coal mining rights only. For full Information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of tho Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of tho Intorlor. N.B.—Unauthorised publication of this advertisement win not be paid for. April 2nd. Page Four THE WEEK Saturday, October 20 ttxtXf ff fXxfxxl S0TT0_VJCE BY THE HORNET ST That Hornet accepts the statement of the Nazarene that "God is Love." ST That he believes that everything done by him is done with a definite purpose. sW That the purpose is always a "beneficient" one. WThat he can see no "beneficent purpose" in consigning men to everlasting punishment and hell-fire. WThat a man who accepts the teachings of thc Nazarene should become his own severest critic I SUB ROSA f * WThat the janitor of the Quadra Street• school is a real "find." ■^ That he puts brain-power into his work. SWThat he is offering a box of oranges to the class which maintains the cleanest class-room. WThat the prize will be handed over to the end of the term. !•* That since the announcement was made, hp has had little to do. SWThat such a janitor should be promoted to be school-superintendent. ■•"That another issue of The Messenger is in contemplation. W That organized labor will support it to the limit. ST That Parker Williams was not in his best form at the Unitarian Church last Sunday. ST That his utterances have shocked most of his old friends. ST That he seems to have quite abandoned his Socialist principles. ST That he now stands well with the "pluts." WThat Oliver is All-over-twist. ST That he seems to have a firsthand acquaintance of Hell. W'That he dwells on its horrors with great gusto. W That the shooting season is now in full swing. WThat it is not so popular as it was three years ago. SW* That more of it is being done in the East than in the West. W'That no accidents have been reported here up to date. SC'That this is exceptional. ■^ That the "dry" season may have something to do with it. W That the Old Lady on Broad St. is still worrying over the problem of Conscription of Wealth. ■•"That she still asserts it cannot be done. W That if she is quite sure of this it is hard to understand why it troubles her. WThat the fact that is DOES trouble her is ample evidence thnt she io NOT sure of it. SWThat she evidently has some wealth that might b<? conscripted, and ST That she wants to hang on to it. W'That the Religious meetings being conducted here have been drawing large crowds. W* That it begins to look just a little doubtful whether true religion has been advanced by them. WThat true religion is "To visit the fatherless and afflicted." W Thnt no mention is made of cnll- ing nne another bad names. ST That true religion does not cause people to lose their mental balance. WThat some of the things snid at the Tabernacle seem to hnve had thnt effect. WThnt in one case it is reported as having caused one enthusiast to be sent to the asylum at Westminster. ST That according to the medical authority who attended the case, the head of the "movement" is tho mnn who ought tn be there. W Thnt his description of Hell docs not fit in with lho Hornet's theology. W'That he should fear his con- demnntion of himself in this life far more than any future punishment by a row of imaginary imps armed with three-pronged forks. * That the Doctor has also made a violent attack on Christian Science. ST That the Hornet is NOT a Chris- tion Scientist, but— W That he knows many good people who are, and W That he does not approve of the Doctor's method of attack. ST That the Doctor has also attacked the " 'isms" without being very specified. W'That the Hornet would suggest rheumafism" as a good subject. !•* That no one would be offended no matter how violently he attacked it. W'That in spite of all these differences of opinion the Hornet believes the leaders of the "movement" are perfectly genuine in their efforts to do good, but— ST That he is sorry, very sorry, they should adopt methods wliich he cannot possibly endorse. C That an eminent Divine in the city will preach at the Sunday night service on "Why Is God Silent?" WThat he does not believe he is silent. WThat the Hornet quite agrees with him. W That he believes he is talking out loud—very loud—loud enough to be heard even above the noise of the big guns. ST That he is calling on all nations to see the absolute folly of war. WT That the reason people don't hear him is that they expect him to talk in their own particular language and not in a universal tongue. WThat we Britishers are far too apt to regard him as being an Englishman and that we expect his message to come to us in English. WThat it is high time' we started to listen in dead earnest. W That the Editorship of The Week appears to be hoodooed. W That the first Editor, the "Hon." Mrs. "Jimmy" A , is now in "God's own country." WThat the second Editor is-—0, where is he? WThat thc third and fourth Editors both entered into their reward during the past year. WThat it took three good men to fill the place of the fourth. ST That each of Ihese three hns been promoted. ST Thnt nobody now knows who is ediling the paper. ST Thnt probably nobody cares. ST That the job is open to the first good man who will take it at the same salary ns the last. W That he must he able to live on wind—and furnish it himself. ST Thnt he must be nble to spell words of six letters without referring to a dictionary. WThat he must either be a good fighter or a good runner—probably both. W Thnt he must be able to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but Ihe truth—without anybody knowing it. W Thnt so long ns ho does this, nnd docs not interfere with the "Hornet" he enn sny what be likes. The time has come to send men to Parliament who have some respect for the rights of the voters during the years between election dnys. * * * In a local paper on the back of the GREAT Proclamation were two paragraphs to the effect that the Pood Controller would not fix the price of potatoes; bnt that he did sweetly beseech the women of Toronto to go slow on the candy habit. Obviously the Irishman and the Potato should be classed together: They refuse to be conscripted. By the way, will someone pat the Provincial Deputy Minister of Agriculture on the back for his sensible suggestion of a dollar and a half a sack for local tubers? He seems to have overlooked the fact that the motto of Canada is still "let the Speculator have his chance." Compulsion for labor but freedom for capital. * » • I see it is recorded that the Saanieh- ton Fair was a financial success. I quite believe it, for I was there and contributed fifty cents towards it, If j the committee will make me a refund of twenty-five cents I might be able to say something nice and charitable about their exhibition. No doubt the war is to blame. Oh, yes I The B. C .E. were'also very kind, for a modest fare they allowed me to stand in one of their expensive cars while it made the round trip, most enjoyable, thank you, but "never again"—not for twelve months, anyway. • * • It would not do for five million men returned from the Front at the end of the wnr to stand in queues looking for jobs, said Mr. J. H. Thomas, speaking at a railwaymen's demonstration at Newport. They must tnke care, he added, that no war heroes filled paupers' graves or had to sell matches in the streets. • • • I presume there is a precedent for so important a document as was proclaimed last Saturday being signed only by a DEPUTY minister and an UNDER secretary. You and I may be pardoned for supposing that a great minister and a highly important Secretary would only be too delighted to affix their common "John Hancocks" to the same piece of paper as a Duke that needs ten lines for his honors. The document in question may be. in accordance with the will of the people of Canada but I do not know, for they have never been consulted. One thing is certain, yon and I will still continue to honor the KING notwithstanding our contempt for his ADVISERS. A Prime Minister who will make a promise to supply a given number of men for battle without first Inking the opinion of his countrymen is not my pattern of a democratic statesman. The boys will answer the call alright, and meantime Sir Robert Borden and all his ilk had better be getting their answer ready for the hoys "when they come marching home again.'' Something is going to supersede machine politics and Front Bench Collusions parading under the name of Union Governments. The days of the political clique are waning. Soon the House of Commons will be filled with men who will elect their own cabinet nnd instruct it. « » • President Wilson's homily in the Bibles given to the soldiers, is worthy pt a place alongside Earl Kitchener's words to the British troops: The Bible is the Word of Life. I beg that you will read it, and find this nnt for yourselves—read, not little snatches here and there, but long pns- snges thnt will renlly he the road to the heart of it. You will not; only find it full of real men and women, but nlso of the things you have wondered about and been troubled about hil your life, as men have been always; nnd thc more you read it the more it will become plain to you what things are worth while and what are not; what things make men happy—loyalty, right dealing, spanking the truth, readiness to give everything for whnt they think their duty, nnd, most of all,' the wish thnt they may have the real approval of the Christ, who gave everything for them; and the things that'nre guaranteed to make men unhappy—selfishness, cowardice, greed, nnd everything thnt is low and mean. When you have rend the Bible you will know thnt it is the Word of God, becnuse you will hnve found it the key to your own henrt, your own hnppi- ness, nnd your own duty." U. & I. david spencer, ltd. ESKSHaRKHM £ SPECIAL NEWS FOR MONDAY Worth Your While Investigating 1,000 PAIRS Women's High Grade American Footwear, on Sale Monday, at a pair, $6.85, $4.95, $3.95 A Big Special Purchase of Women's Winter Coats Not One Worth Less Than $25. To Go on Sale Monday at $17.50 EHBfflRSBMBEi DAVID SPENCER, LTD. i^ffiSHi^fi^HSli^ DAWN By W. D. Cnlvert Broken, alone; Night gibbering; My bed stark husks of men. No thirst, no pain— Dim thoughts like bats Flit past and back again. Black branches swing And stoop nnd grin; They beckon, mock at me. I struck her once— She stood and wept. No blame, dear heart, Marie. This stifling gloom Weighs down, O Christ! Dear Christ, send light to me. Thc air is full- Thin fairy horns- Swans faintly trumpeting. "Forgive, forgive," They wanly blow, Like sea sounds murmuring. • ••••• I see grey sky And purple mist, . Long streaks of red, Her shining hair All streaming back And laughing lips, Gold sparkling rain, God's lightning flash. I come! My soul l Marie! (All rights reserved) DEAF PEOPLE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY TRANSCONTINENTAL THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PASSENGER FARES TO EASTERN DESTINATIONS Modern Equipment—Courteous Attendance Travel Comfort * Consult Our Nearest Agent or Write DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT, 60S HASTINGS W, VANCOUVER. Telephone Seymour 2482 Better Than Enjoyment Never abandon your hopes. Hope is often'better than enjoyment. Hope is often the cause as well ns the effect of youth. It is certainly n very plens. ing nnd healthy passion. A hopeless person is deserted hy himself; nnd he who forsakes himself is soon forsaken bv friend^ and fortune. DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD can now be most certainly cured by the newly discovered "French Orlene." This new remedy goes right to the sc- tual seat of the trouble, and eltects a complete and lasting cure ln a tew days. One box Is ample to cure any ordinary case, and has given almost Immediate relief In hundreds of cases which had been considered "hopeless," Mr. D. Borthwlck, of Dalbeattie. N.B., writes: "Tour new remedy, which I received from you some time ago, HAS COMPLETELT CURED MT HEARING, AFTER MORE THAN TWENTT YEARS' DEAFNESS. I will be pleased to recommend It to all my friends. Scores of other equally good reports. Try one box today, which can be forwarded securely packed and postpaid to any address upon the receipt of postal order for |1. There ls nothing better at any price. Address: "ORLENE" CO., H. T. RICHARDS, WATLINO STREET, DARTFORD, KENT. BNOLAND. Please mentioa I*** mo—- NOTICE! Si S Having moved to more commodious premises (rendered necessary by the large increase in my business) I have now ample room in which to display cloths, etc. You are invited to inspect a cAoice selection of new Fall and Winter goods, including Donegals, Serges and Tweeds. Come — you will not be importuned to buy. H. H. BROWN Late of Jay's Oxford Circus, Society's Tailor Graduate of London Academy 730 FORT STREET TELEPHONE 1817 MADAME KATE WEBB, M.I.S.M., PRINCIPAL DOMINION ACADEMY OF MUSIC 1146 Fort Street (Near Linden Ave.) Instruction in Singing (Italian method), Voice production. Pianoforte, Theory of Music. Preparation for the Assoc. Board, R.A.M. and R.C.M. exams., London, Eng. Madame Webb offers a Singing Scholarship (one year's free tuition). For particulars apply personally at the Academy. RES. PHONE, 3060.
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